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tag: circular saw

Tool Guide Update: 14 Circular Saws Waiting for Your Reviews!

JFink, Senior Editor | January 27th, 20121 comment

Even after narrowing down the list of available 7 1/4-in. sidewinders currently on the market, we still ended up with 14 tools to test. We had to make a decision: Option 1 - Pack all 14 saws into the...

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Seven Steps to Choosing the Perfect Circular Saw

JFink, Senior Editor | January 23rd, 20129 comments

After testing 14 popular makes and models of sidewinder circular saws, senior editor Justin Fink sorts out the features that separate the good from the not-so-good.

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How to Trim a Hollow-Core Door to Height

RArnold, contributing editor | September 18th, 20116 comments

Builder Rick Arnold demonstrates how to make a clean cut and how to add blocking to fill the hole you've just made in the bottom of the hollow door.

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Coffered Ceiling

NHAccents, member | March 28th, 2011

This was a project that would have been more difficult if it were not for the article in Fine Homebuilding on "Coffered Ceilings".  Made of poplar crown, baseboard, finger jointed trim boards...

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Barbeque Island and Firepit with Seating area (in the Southwest this is called a Banco)

Planer1, member | May 31st, 20103 comments

My wife and I designed this backyard project.  The back of the island and the Banco are designed to reflect the southwestern character of our Santa Fe style home. I built the...

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BUILDING SKILLS: Cutting a Door

FHBdotcom, editor | May 24th, 20107 comments

Building Skills: Seasoned builder Mike Guertin shows a simple way to make a clean, straight cut when trimming a door to height.

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Makita makes it easier to say goodbye to NiCad batteries

JFink, Senior Editor | January 15th, 20101 comment

Makita is now offering free tools as an incentive to help tool buyers make the switch to Li-ion cordless power tools.

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SawStop Inventor Walks the Walk

RYagid, senior editor | June 16th, 200939 comments

Working around any tool demands a certain level of safety. However, when it comes to table saws the bar is set a bit higher. These tools have the capacity to do a lot of damage. Luckily, Steve Gass invented the SawStop. Watch as he demonstrates how the saw works by sacrificing his own finger.

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Worm-drives vs. sidewinders? A conversation with Larry Haun.

ChuckB, senior editor | June 4th, 200921 comments

Longtime Fine Homebuilding contributor Larry Haun and senior editor Chuck Bickford discuss the pros and cons of worm drive and sidewinder saws.

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Festool wants to replace your table saw

JFink, Senior Editor | May 26th, 20098 comments

Festool came in to the FHB offices last week to give us an opportunity to get up close and personal with a few of their newest tools. Bookmark the Toolhound blog in your internet browser to read more...

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Keauhou mauka replacement deck

WestHawaiiHandyman, member | May 6th, 2009

The finished replacement utility area/garden deck.  Note new, ABS plastic drain vent on wall behind reinstalled utility sink.  New, capped hollow tile wall protects deck and serves as low...

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Return of Rockwell tools?

JFink, Senior Editor | March 30th, 2009

When I was a kid, most of the tools owned by my Dad and Grandfather were made by Rockwell, the powerhouse of tool manufacturing between the late 50’s to early 80’s. Pentair bought the...

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How to Make a Cutting Platform for Sheet Goods

FHB_WEB, member | March 25th, 20091 comment

Supported on a pair of sawhorses, this platform provides flat, stable support for full and partial sheets of plywood and other panels: the perfect complement to an edge guide and...

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Kitchen Rennovations in Memphis, TN

RDSD97, member | March 12th, 2009

Complete Kitchen Rennovation - Cottage Look

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DeWalt: New Challenger in Track-Guided Circular Saws

RDA, producer | March 5th, 2009

DeWalt recently entered a market long dominated by Festool with the introduction of its new track-guided circular saws.

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Covered Deck

Greg_Holmes, member | February 25th, 20092 comments

I built this deck on our house during the summer of 2008.  I had help from family and friends, but the bulk of the work was done on my own.  The framing for the deck is pressuretreated...

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Another day at the show

Kevini, editor-at-large | January 23rd, 20093 comments

The folks at Rigid have introduced a couple of new tools that look interesting to me. One is a small cirular saw designed to cut fiber-cement siding that has a built-in dust collection...

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Truckbed Toolbox

Huck, member | December 7th, 20085 comments

Back in 1989 I was working as a carpenter in the Ventura / Ojai area of Southern California, and my boss, Bob Thurman, and my co-worker, Brent Coffey, both had work trucks set up with pull-out tool...

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